RPC III, 4319

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 4319
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Trajan
Person (obv.) Trajan (Augustus)
Issue L IB = year 12
Dating AD 108/9
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Τραϊαν(ὸς) Σεβ(αστὸς) Γερμ(ανικὸς) Δακικ(ός)
Translation Emperor Trajan Augustus Germanicus Dacicus
Obverse design laureate bust of Trajan, right, draped and cuirassed, seen from rear
Reverse inscription L ΙΒ
Edition (ἔτους) ιβʹ
Translation of year 12
Reverse design Roma standing, left, holding Nike and parazonium; to right, uncertain figure standing, left, raising arm
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 34 mm
Average weight 20.02 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
Note The identification of Roma seems sure as she seems to have a bare breast; the figure on the right was identified as ‘Alexandria?’ by Dattari; but Alexandria is normally fully clothed, whereas the figure wears an ‘abito corto’.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ D795 = Naville 44, 4 Nov. 2018. lot 261